Your city´s oldest buildings?

So what´s you city´s oldest buildings? buildings, houses, churches, castles etc..

Helsinki was founded in 1550 but the buildings back then were built of wood and there is nothing left today. Helsinki also lacks an "old town" so typical for many European cities. The oldest buildings in the capital today are situated in Alexander street on right side of Senate square.

The oldest in that area is Sederholm House which is a stone building built in 1757.




Another old building (built in 1764) in the corner of Alexander street and Sofia street.



Then there is the Pyhän Laurin kirkko which was originally built in 1460 but was destroyed by fire in 1893 and restored in 1894. The belfry was built in the 17th century, and the original wooden upper part was replaced with the new brick part in the 1850s. The church is the oldest building around Helsinki area.

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